| Stalag Luft I | |
|---|---|
| Barth, Western Pomerania | |
  Stalag Luft I | |
| Coordinates | 54°22′25″N 12°42′31″E / 54.37361°N 12.70861°E |
| Type | Prisoner-of-war camp |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |  Nazi Germany |
| Site history | |
| In use | 1940–1945 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 900 officers and men |
| Occupants | RAF, RAAF, SAAF, USAAF, and RCAF POWs |
Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. The presence of the prison camp is said to have shielded the town of Barth from Allied bombing.[1] About 9,000 airmen – 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian – were imprisoned there[2] when it was liberated on the night of 30 April 1945 by Soviet troops.[3]
- ^ Nichol, John; Rennell, Tony (4 September 2003). The Last Escape : The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944–1945. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-100388-7. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014.
- ^ Smith, Mary; Freer, Barbara (2008). "World War II - Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I". merkki.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ Wilson, Bradford P. (2010). Everyday P.O.W. California: Storyteller Press. ISBN 978-1-880053-03-4.